Collapsible sleeping-booth.



R. HENRY.

GOLLAPSIBLE SLEEPING BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.v

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R. HENRY. GQLLAPSIBLE SLEEPING BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1912.

1,087,490, Patented Feb. 17,1914.

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ROBERT HENRY, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

COLLAPSIBLE SLEEPING-BOOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 7, 1912.: Serial No. 719,204.

To all whom it may concern: Be 1t known that 1, ROBERT HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo,

in the county of Pueblo and State of (1010- rado, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collapsible Sleeping- Booths, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is a collapsible sleeping booth adapted to be suspended on the ex terior of a building adjacent a window or door.

\Vhile of general utility in all cases where it is desired to sleep out of doors, my invention will be found to be of particular advantage in the treatment of tuberculosis in that means are provided whereby the user may always have an abundant supply of fresh air without the disadvantage of exposure to a direct draft or to rain or snow, and whereby the amount of air admitted may be easily governed to suit weather conditions and the preference of the user.

To these ends the objects of my invention are: the provision of a sleeping booth the frame of which shall be collapsible in order that it may be readily transported, may be passed in and out of a window, and may be closed up against the building in case of storm or, if desired, when not in use; to provide the sleeping booth with a double overhead covering in order that there may be no tendency for the roof to leak; to so design the booth that, while plenty of air is admitted, there will be no direct draft blowing in on the sleeper; to provide means whereby the amount of air admitted may be readily controlled; and to so design the booth that the air shall, if desired, enter from below and find its exit above in order that the air admitted shall be of the driest of the surrounding atmosphere.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will later appear in the specification and be pointed out in the appended claims.

This application is a continuation of my prior application Serial Number 518,865,

terial being broken away to more clearly showv the interior structure of the device; Fig. 2 is a perspective looking from the interior of the building, showing a portion of the frame of the booth proper and the outer covering or awning wh1ch is mounted to swing down over the booth proper; Fig. 3

. shows in enlarged perspective the hook and adjustable eye connection employed in mounting the booth on a building; Fig. 4; shows in enlarged perspective the means of joining the outer, upper member of the frame to the sloping side arms; Fig. 5 is a partial vertical elevation showing the joint between the inner verticals, theinner cross member and the sloping side arms, viewed from the interior or building side; Fig. 6 is a partial end elevation of the lower or floor portion of the booth, showing how a carpet or other floor covering may be employed in regulating the admission of air; and Fig. 7 is a partial perspective illustrating how the covering of the booth proper may be adjusted to control the amount of air passing through the booth.

The booth proper comprises a two part floor 10, 11, joined by hinges 12, and a frame comprising uprights 13 at the inner or building side, a separable horizontal member 1 1 joining the uprights at their upper ends and mortised as shown to fit over the sloping side arms 15 to which it is attached by hooks 16 (see Fig. 5), a cross member 17 joining the outer ends of the arms 15, braces 18 having elbow joints 19 supporting the arms 15 from the uprights 13, and diagonal tension, members 20 attached to the outer corners of the floor member 11 by ring and eye connections 21 and to the uprights 13 by hook and eye connections 22. j

The uprights 13 have A-shaped plates 23 bolted or otherwise suitably secured thereto, and these are pivotally mounted on brackets 24, 25, secured to the floor portion 10, the bracket 24; being higher than the bracket 25 for convenience in folding the parts for shipment as will later appear. The connection between the parts 13, 1 1, and 15 is shown in detail in Fig. 5. The cross piece. 14: is mortised as shown in dotted lines to receive the arms 15 and these parts secured t0- gether by any detachable means as, for in-' stance, hooks 16. The arms 15 are rotatably secured to the uprights 13 by bolts 26 or introduce between the parts 13 and 15 a PatentedFeb.17,19 14.

strengthening plate 26" rigidly secured to the arms 15 and through which the bolt 26 passes.

The front cross member 17 is adjustably held in the outer ends of the arms 15 by the sliding connection illustrated in Fig. l, which permits of adjusting the tension on the covering of the roof of the booth proper so that it may also be held properly taut. The member 17, which I prefer to make as a round tho-ugh any other shape will serve the purpose, is held at I its ends in the split sleeves 27 which are carried by the plates 23 mounted to slide in the grooved brackets 29. A set screw 30 threaded in the plate 28 bears against the bracket 29 and holds the member 17 in any desired position.

The booth is suspended from the building by means of hooks 31 securely attached to the building. The shape of these hooks see Fig. 3) is such that when they engage the eyes mounted on the uprights 13 they will crowd the uprights into close engagement with the building as the booth is lowered into position and thus brace the frame and the booth against swaying. This engagement is so tight that it would be difficult to loosen the booth when desiring to remove it and for this reason I provide the sliding mounting for the eye 32 shown in Fig. 3. The eye 32 is carried by a slotted plate 33 slidably mounted in the grooved bracket 34 rigidly attached to the upright 13. A bolt passes through the slot in the plate 33 and through the upright 13 and holds the plate 33 in any desired position. When it is desired to remove the booth the nut on the bolt 35 is loosened, thus allowing the plate 33 to slide and relieving the tension between the hook 31 and the eye 32; the booth may then be easily lifted off. The sliding plate connection may also be employed to adjust the position of the eye 32 to accommodate the structure to buildings of varying construction et cetera.

I prefer to make the floor of the booth of spaced boards as shown, leaving openings 36 for the passage of air; and a carpet, canvas or the like 39 may be provided to close these openings if desired, buttons 39 being provided to hold the carpet in place. I also prefer to employ a board 37 attached by hinges 38 to the floor to protect the front canvas from being torn from the floor by coming into contact with a bed or the like.

The frame thus described is covered with canvas or similar material, the ends being indicated by the letter B and the front by C, these portions being tacked or otherwise securely attached to the frame. The cover or roof D of the booth proper is permanently attached to the member 14 and passes freely over the member 17. It is secured to the arms 15 by means of buttons 40 on the upper face of said arms. The member 14 being attached merely by the hooks 16 may be detached at will and, the canvas having been freed from the buttons 40, it may be rolled down to uncover the roof to any desired degree as will be more fully described later.

As previously stated I prefer to supply my device with a double roof and this is done by means of the auxiliary element in dicated in the drawings by the letter A (Figs. 1, 2 and 7) and hereinafter referred to as the awning. The awning is supported on the uprights 13, the upper member 41 of its frame being mounted on brackets 12 carried on the upper ends of said uprights. The covering of the awning is stretched between the member ll and the lower U-shaped member 43. The member 43 is provided at its extremities with sockets 4% adapted to slide on elongated brackets 45 carried on the uprights 13. A cord e16 passing around pulleys 47 furnishes means for raising the awning in the usual manner. Means are also provided by which the awning may be lowered from operative position shown in Fig. 2 to cover over the booth in case it is desired that the booth be folded against the building. Cords 48 attached at one end to the sockets 4A and at the other end to a clip 19 on the arms of the U frame 43 and passing as shown through openings in the uprights 13 above and below the brackets 45, provide means for raising and lowering the sockets so that the awning may be lowered into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or, the sockets having been raised to near the top of the brackets 45, the awning may be dropped over the remainder of the booth after the latter has been folded up. When the awning is in lowered position the cords 48 may also be utilized to hold it against blowing up by tightening the lower run of said cords and securing them to the ropeholds 50.

The manner of using my device to control the amount of air to be admitted will be ob vio-us from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 7. To secure the maximum of air the carpet 39 will be removed or rolled up against the board 37, the roof D rolled clear down and the awning A raised, thus leaving the sleeper practically in the open air. If a protection against dew or light is desired, the awning A may be lowered. In case of rain or if too much air is being admitted, the roof D may be partially or wholly buttoned down and the booth proper correspondingly closed; if the roof is only partially closed. as shown in Fig. 7 the clearance between the roof and the awning will allow a very considerable circulation of air. If too much air is being admitted at the floor, the carpet 39 may be used to partially or entirely cover the openings in the floor.

To close the booth up against the house in case. of storm or when not in use, the elbow braces'lS are sprung, thus relieving the tension on the canvas, the hooks 22 detached, and the floor member 11 pulled upward by means of the tension members 20. The members 20 can be folded down parallel wit-h the board 37 and the entire booth proper folded up to the width of the floor member 10. The cord 48 is pulled to raise the sockets 44 to the upper part of the brackets 45 and the awning pulled down against the booth proper by nteans of that part of the cord 48 which is attached to the clips 4:9. The securing of this portion of the cord 48 will then cinch the entire structure in place. For shipment the parts are folded in substantially the same manner wit-h the exception that the awning frame is first detached so that the verticals 13 can lie flat on the floor member 10, this being provided for by the difference in height of the brackets 24, 25, and the fact that the bar 17 may be detached by merely loosening the set screws 30. It will thus be seen that the booth may be readily and conveniently folded into a compact space for transportation or storage.

A pair of these booths placed back to back will form a conveniently transportable floored tent, which, by securing the uprights 18 together, can be made pro-of against the depredations of animals or ordinary sneak thieves.

It will be obvious that many minor changes in the construction of my device may be made without departing from my invention and I do not wish to limit myself to the exactconstruction shown, but

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a floor, a frame comprising uprights hinged to the inner corners of said floor, tension members from said uprights hooked to the outer corners of said floor, arms secured to the upper ends of said uprights, braces for said arms extending to said uprights, ahorizontal memberdetachably connecting the outer ends of said arms, a horizontal member detachably connecting the inner ends of said arms, and a covering for said frame.

2. In a device of the class described, a floor, a frame comprising uprights hinged to the inner corners of said floor, tension members from said uprights hooked to the outer corners of said floor, arms secured to the upper ends of said uprights, knuckle braces for said arms extending to said uprights, a horizontal member detachably connecting the outer ends of said arms and secured thereto by a clamp adjustable longitudinally of said arms, and a covering for said frame.

3. In a device of the class described, a two part floor, hinges connecting said parts, a frame comprising uprights hinged to the ends of the rear of said parts, tension'members from said uprights to the other of said parts, arms hinged to the upper ends of said uprights, braces for said arms extending to said uprights, a horizontal member connecting the outer ends of said arms, a detachable member connecting the inner ends of said arms, and a covering for said frame.

et. In a device of the class described, a two part floor, hinges connecting said parts, a frame comprising uprights hinged to the ends of the rear of said parts, tension members from said uprights to the other of said parts, arms hinged to the upper ends of said uprights, braces for said arms extending to said uprights, a horizontal member connecting the outer ends 'of said arms, a detachable member connecting the inner ends of said arms, supporting means on said uprights adapted to cooperate with supporting means mounted on a building, and a covering for said frame.

5. In a device of the class described, a sleeping booth, two spaced roof coverings therefor, and means permitting opening both roof coverings to such a degree that the interior of the boot-h may be exposed to the direct rays of the sun.

6. In a device of the class described, a sleeping booth, two spaced roof coverings therefor, and means permitting the substantially complete opening of both roof coverings.

7. In a device of the class described, a booth having a roof, means permitting opening said roof, an awning in spaced relation to said roof, and means for raising said awning.

8. In a device of the class described, a booth having a roof, means permitting opening said roof, an awning in spaced relation to said roof, and means for swinging said awning in a vertical direction.

9. In a device of the class described, a boot-h having a roof, means permit-ting opening said roof, an awning in spaced relation to said roof, and means for swinging said awning to a vertically open position.

10. In a device of the class described, a booth having a roof, means permitting opening said roof in whole or in part, an awning in spaced relation to said roof, and means for raising said awning.

11. In a device of the class described, a booth having a. roof, means permitting opening said roof in whole or in part, a floor for said booth having openings therein, an awning in spaced relation to said roof, and means for raising said awning.

12. In a device of the class described, a booth having a roof, means permitting opening said roof in whole or in part, a floor for said boot-h having openings therein, means for controlling said openings, an awning of greater horizontal dimensions than said booth mounted in spaced relation thereto, and means for raising said awning.

13. In a device of the class described, a frame, a cover therefor, a hook attached to a supporting structure, a slot-ted plate, means passing through the slot for attaching the plate to the frame, and an eye mounted on said plate in position to cooperate with said hook.

14. In a device of the class described, a frame, a cover therefor, a hook attached to a supporting structure, a grooved bracket mounted on the frame, a plate slidably mounted in the bracket, means for securing the plate in adjusted position, and an eye on the plate in position to cooperate with said hook.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT HENRY.

Witnesses CHAS. lV. ODoNNELL, W. W. BOUGHTON.

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